One of Hawaii’s oldest and most successful agricultural companies is implicated in a new report detailing immoral and potentially illegal labor practices involving a company that provides migrant Thai workers.
Michael Levine
Michael Levine is a former Civil Beat staff member.
Posted inDevelopment
UPDATE: State Has Shifted More Than 80,000 Acres to Urban Uses Since 1964
Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the Hawaii Land Use Commission has provided documents that show how land originally placed in the agricultural and conservation districts has been urbanized in the last half-century.
Posted inEnvironment
UPDATE: Lessons for Hawaii in the Gulf Coast Oil Spill?
In the two weeks since a drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, millions of gallons of oil have bubbled to the surface. How would Hawaii be affected if something similar happened in nearshore waters?
Posted inEnergy
Tough Times, Tough Compromises for Clean Energy Advocates
Alternative energy may be a hot topic, but efforts to create new programs didn’t garner support unless they helped make up the state’s $1.2 billion deficit.
Posted inDevelopment, Hawaiʻi
Hawaii Takes Ad Hoc Approach to Preserving Farmland
A proposed community in Central Oahu is the latest example of Hawaii’s case-by-case approach to development in agricultural areas that has conservationists worried about our future prospects for food and fuel self-sufficiency.
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Implications of Turtle Bay ruling are both narrow and wide
A recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision requiring the owner of the North Shore resort to restudy the impacts of its expansion plans was a victory for conservationists.
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Impacts of Turtle Bay ruling clear for resort, unclear for Hawaii
The implications of the Hawaii Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of the Oahu resort, outlined in today’s article, aren’t restricted to whether a planned expansion is good or bad for the North Shore. The real question is whether Environmental Impact Statements should be subject to review after approval. We’ve created a page to help […]
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Turtle Bay developer asks Supreme Court to reconsider
Turtle Bay’s developer has asked the Hawaii Supreme Court to reconsider its April 8 ruling that requires an updated environmental review before a planned expansion of the resort area can move forward. Kuilima Resort Company’s motion, filed Monday, argues the court overlooked well-established rules, important evidence and the “implications of the decisions on the land […]